Elephantium
Malcolm was a very good cat.
And if they somehow do pull medicine and electricty, we can always ferment a few wars to keep them busy and away from SM.
Do you mean we can foment some wars?
Raliuven SG2 Demi-God Aztecs
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Do you mean we can foment some wars?
Do you mean we can foment some wars?
I don't see why ferment doesn't work? Foment certainly does too, perhaps I should have used that, I guess I'm not an A+ at grammer.
I always thought the two were roughly synonymous.
Elephantium
Malcolm was a very good cat.
Huh, I guess it's time to eat humble pie.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/foment
1. (verb) to instigate or foster (discord, rebellion, etc.); promote the growth or development of: to foment trouble; to foment discontent.
This is what I thought of as "normal usage" for a phrase like "[foment/ferment] some wars".
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ferment
6. to cause to undergo fermentation.
7. to inflame; foment: to ferment prejudiced crowds to riot.
Definition 6. is what I always think when I hear "ferment", but now I see that 7. is valid, too.
Om, nom, nom!
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/foment
1. (verb) to instigate or foster (discord, rebellion, etc.); promote the growth or development of: to foment trouble; to foment discontent.
This is what I thought of as "normal usage" for a phrase like "[foment/ferment] some wars".
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ferment
6. to cause to undergo fermentation.
7. to inflame; foment: to ferment prejudiced crowds to riot.
Definition 6. is what I always think when I hear "ferment", but now I see that 7. is valid, too.
Om, nom, nom!
Sparthage
Fighting Tyranny
lurker's comment: How creepy, ferment happens to be a SAT vocab word that I had to define in the list I did today for English. We used the same definition too...
Anyways, good job so far; I will now resume lurking
Anyways, good job so far; I will now resume lurking
The odd thing is that I did actually intend to use Foment when I was writing this morning, but I was in a rush to get to a meeting and my fingers were on autopilot - I rely on spellcheck to catch a lot of these things, but as Ferment is also a word, it didn't catch it. Foment was probably the better choice of the two, so I'll have a piece of the pie too.
creamcheese
Spreading since 1990
#7 definition tells you it rarely gets used like that. Everyone says foment, not ferment. 
Elephantium
Malcolm was a very good cat.
@creamcheese: The first four definitions were all for the noun form of the word, so it's more like #3 of 4 (and it's worth adding that 5 and 6 are VERY similar definitions ... as are 7 and 8).
Elephantium
Malcolm was a very good cat.
I am?
I thought someone else was up! But, looking back at the roster...
Got it. I'll play tonight.
(shoot, I would have played three days ago if I'd realized
)
Elephantium
Malcolm was a very good cat.
Midset report (again, sorry to delay the game! 
):
):Spoiler :
creamcheese
Spreading since 1990
That's a lot of bombers there. Are we going to whack someone?
Looks good so far.
Looks good so far.
Elephantium
Malcolm was a very good cat.
Spoiler :
Things are humming along pretty well. Tenoch is building Universal Suffrage as a prebuild for Hoover's, Teotihuacan is building Palace as a prebuild for the Internet, and the other core cities are mostly building infrastructure. I haven't started ToE yet; I'm hoping we can reserve that for some of the more expensive Modern techs.
Elephantium
Malcolm was a very good cat.
I really like the lone tile of Mayan culture in the sea near the Iroquois Island.
creamcheese
Spreading since 1990
Looks like the mayans are almost gone leaving us with 3 AIs. At least that city of theirs won't flip again.
Cuello politics being what they are, the people saw the writing on the wall and decided it was better to be Aztec than Mayan. I think they know that the consequences of one more flip will be a lot of human sacrifices at the top of our non-existent yet very daunting temples.
We want to use ToE on Miniaturization, as it is the most expensive tech we need. Once we have the Internet, we'll get a lot of extra beakers - I think about 200 - 250 beakers per turn. (A town with a library and university gets twice their base beakers; the research lab adds another 50% of the base, or 25% of what it already gets. Scientist beakers don't get magnified, and I don't think we get the research bonus if we don't have the library and university. If we turn science to 100%, we have 1200+ bpt that don't come from scientists.) The difference between Computers and Fission (the most expensive of the first level techs is only 700 beakers. I don't think delaying ToE until after we've learned computers is worth it. I propose instead to swap the US build to ToE, finish it as soon as we go modern, and complete the Internet immediately. Then we can go back and pick up Hoover Dam.
What do you think?
What do you think?
Elephantium
Malcolm was a very good cat.
Sounds fine to me. I'd normally like to reserve ToE for the most expensive techs possible, but it would be kind of a long wait to be able to use it for Miniaturization. Besides, our limiting factor is our research, not our production -- getting Hoover isn't that big of a deal.
1350 AD
Turn 0:
Swap some builds to commercial dock. Get Teotihuacan more shields - palace in 5. Hire more scientists in farms. Drop science rate 10%.
IBT: Learn AT, start electronics. Pollution in Tenochtitlan.
Turn 1: Clean up pollution, add a worker to Tenochtitlan so we still finish ToE in 4.
Rush a university and a commercial dock. Irrigate on island.
IBT: Nothing.
Turn 2: Irrigate on island.
IBT: Nothing
Turn 3: ZZZ
IBT:
Turn 4: ZZZ
IBT: Learn electronics, build ToE, learn Computers&Miniaturization, build Internet. Non-scientist beakers jump from 1266 to 1569 at 100% science. Start rocketry.
Turn 5-6: ZZZ
IBT: Maya destroyed.
Turn 7-8: ZZZ
IBT: Learn rocketry, start space flight. Borders pop.
Turn 9: MM scientists to get space flight in 4. Only one needed tech is more expensive than space flight, and that is robotics. We should be able to maintain 4 turn research to the end.
IBT: Japan learns espionage. Build Wall Street.
Turn 10: ZZZ
Space flight is due in 3. Hoover Dam is due in 3. Once it is built, we should start planning our prebuilds for the spaceship parts. We are at peace with the world.
Turn 0:
Swap some builds to commercial dock. Get Teotihuacan more shields - palace in 5. Hire more scientists in farms. Drop science rate 10%.
IBT: Learn AT, start electronics. Pollution in Tenochtitlan.
Turn 1: Clean up pollution, add a worker to Tenochtitlan so we still finish ToE in 4.
Rush a university and a commercial dock. Irrigate on island.
IBT: Nothing.
Turn 2: Irrigate on island.
IBT: Nothing
Turn 3: ZZZ
IBT:
Turn 4: ZZZ
IBT: Learn electronics, build ToE, learn Computers&Miniaturization, build Internet. Non-scientist beakers jump from 1266 to 1569 at 100% science. Start rocketry.
Turn 5-6: ZZZ
IBT: Maya destroyed.
Turn 7-8: ZZZ
IBT: Learn rocketry, start space flight. Borders pop.
Turn 9: MM scientists to get space flight in 4. Only one needed tech is more expensive than space flight, and that is robotics. We should be able to maintain 4 turn research to the end.
IBT: Japan learns espionage. Build Wall Street.
Turn 10: ZZZ
Space flight is due in 3. Hoover Dam is due in 3. Once it is built, we should start planning our prebuilds for the spaceship parts. We are at peace with the world.
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